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SoftBio Colloids Lab
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Soft BioColloids Lab @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social
Led by @lauraal.bsky.social

Out-of-equilibrium soft matter, synthetic cells and microgravity
https://softbiocoll.com
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The logos for our #microgravity experiments with lipid vesicles for the MAPHEUS16 campaign are out!

@univbordeaux.bsky.social @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social
@syncelleu.bsky.social

In collab with @dlr-de.bsky.social
#swedishspacecoorporation

#softmatter #spaceresearch #womeninSTEM #syntheticcells
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Great week at #ISMC2025 in Crete!

Sarika Chelur & Cristian Villalobos gave two great contributed talks, and our group leader, Laura, gave a #Keynote on our #JanusActiveVesicles

Huge thanks to the organizers & to everyone for inspiring discussions and fun moments!
#SoftBioColloids #SoftMatter
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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We are so proud of our @softbiocol.bsky.social group at #ISMC2025 🇬🇷!
Fantastic posters by Benjamín Oliva, José Fojo, Vivien Willems and Laura (PIs can also bring posters!)

🏆 Congrats to Vivien & Benjamín for winning #PosterPrizes! 🎉
#SoftMatter #Colloids #ActiveMatter
October 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Our people keep surprising us! Thanks for this amazing present to all group members, Ana!

We will need the support for the year to come :)
lauraal.bsky.social Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Sep 11
An army of crocheted GUVs just joined the group! Emotional support for tough vesicle experiments. We know working with GUVs can be non-trivial. The backup is welcome ;)

Thanks, Ana Cazorla, for this thoughtful present! Amazing student ideas!
#SoftMatter #LabLife #lipidvesicles
September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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The work of Willems et al., has been featured on the cover of

@softmatter.rsc.org

Congrats to everyone for the nice job!

Do not miss the article👇
lauraal.bsky.social Laura Alvarez @lauraal.bsky.social · Aug 10
Our recent article "Run and tumble dynamics of active Janus vesicles" in @softmatter.rsc.org has been featured on the cover of the journal.

Check out the published article: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Congrats to Vivien Willems for this nice work!
August 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🎨🔬 In our lab, science meets art! From vibrant colors to stunning shapes, our experiments are as beautiful as they are fascinating. Because science is art!

✨ Check out our gallery of images captured by the team:
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#SciArt #SoftMatter #Microscopy #SyntheticCells #ActiveMatter
July 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Last weekend, we gathered to beat the heat with a lovely picnic, and to celebrate the recent tenure of our group leader @lauraal.bsky.social
Here’s to many more exciting years of science and friendship with you and those yet to join!
#softmatter @univbordeaux.bsky.social @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Our group leader Laura's portrait is on the @cpjfrance.bsky.social website.

She holds a Chair Junior Maitre de Conference @univbordeaux.bsky.social @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social
Discover more about her in the link below!👇
June 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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SoftBioColloids group portraits! 🗒️
We will be posting portraits of our group members, so you get to know a bit more about the people driving the science in the group.

We start with the portrait of Vivien Willems👇
More info softbiocoll.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Publication Alert!🎉
🚀🧪 New paper out! @softmatter.rsc.org @rsc.org

We show that Janus lipid vesicles can self-propel under AC electric fields, exhibiting run-and-tumble dynamics—just like bacteria, but driven by membrane-phase behavior.
👉 Read here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art
May 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The active softies of the group met some weeks ago to spend a nice evening together and enjoy some international delicacies!🧀🍷
What a blessing being surrounded by these amazing humans!
If you want to know more about us, check the news on our website :)

softbiocoll.com/general-5
May 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Publication Alert!📢
Check our new article by José in collab with C. Fernandez-Rico, L. Rodriguez-Arco M. Dijkstra R. Subert & M. Lopez.
We engineering reversible 2D rod percolated networks!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#SoftMatter #Colloids
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May 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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It was a pleasrue to have @asciortino.bsky.social with us last week at @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social
Thanks for showing us the beauty of soft interface driven out-of-equilibrium :) - and the best explanation on nematic defects ever!
baretjc.bsky.social J.-C. B. @baretjc.bsky.social · Apr 11
Today we have a seminar by Alfredo Scortino from the CytoMorpholab, invited by @lauraal.bsky.social

Minimal cytoskeleton for Syn Cell !

@crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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sigsyncell.bsky.social SigSynCell MSCA DN @sigsyncell.bsky.social · Oct 17
[🫧 Meet our doctoral candidates]

New member spotted at CNRS 🇫🇷

José Fojo-Vazquez started his PhD under the supervision of @LauraAlvarez_F. He will work on creating programmable, motile GUVs with controlled mechanical properties and responsiveness to external stimuli.
March 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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📻 Les cellules souches offrent à la recherche une nouvelle voie d’exploration thérapeutique pour de nombreuses maladies. Comment les exploiter ? Le point dans @sciencecqfd.bsky.social @franceculture.fr avec notamment Pierre Nassoy du LP2N* et fondateur de Treefrog :
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Thérapie cellulaire : ça coule de souche
Les cellules souches utilisées en recherche sont soit directement issues de l’embryon soit induites à la pluripotence à partir de cellules adultes différenciées. Ces dernières offrent à la recherche une nouvelle voie d’exploration thérapeutique pour de nombreuses maladies. Comment les exploiter ?
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March 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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We have an open postdoc position in our group! We seek motivated and fun people with a background in theoretical biological physics to work on projects revolving around pattern formation, cell biology, and particularly #condensates. Details: www.ds.mpg.de/4078435/job_...

#TheoBiophysicsPosition
Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) | Biological Physics
For the independent research group “Theory of Biological Fluids” headed by Dr. David Zwicker we seek to fill a Postdoctoral Position (m/f/d) in Biological Physics.
www.ds.mpg.de
March 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Scientists have designed an “ingenious” side-view device that lets them observe the structural changes of 3D tumour spheroids more comprehensively.
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February 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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International Day of Women & Girls in Science !

Here are the Women and Girls in Science working @crpp-bordeaux.bsky.social 😀

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February 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Esta semana temos unha programación especial polo Día da Muller e a Nena na Ciencia. Estade atentas!
February 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Friday 07 February 2025, 1:30pm, at ENS Physics Department, room L378 or zoom

Jérémie Palacci (ISTA).

Can synthetic active matter inspire biophysicsts?

www.phys.ens.fr/biophysics_s...
ENS-ESPCI Biophysics Seminar
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February 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Don't miss this great opportunity in @giovannivolpe.bsky.social Lab! 👇
giovannivolpe.bsky.social Giovanni Volpe @giovannivolpe.bsky.social · Jan 31
Now hiring 2 PhD students at the Soft Matter Lab at the University of Gothenburg for the EU project SPM4.0 project! Please, spread!

🔍 Focus: AI-driven smart microscopy, machine learning, image analysis

📍 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden 🇸🇪

🗓Apply by: 24 Feb 2025

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PhD student in Physics (with focus on smart microscopy, Soft Matter Lab)
The Department of Physics at the University of Gothenburg is located in the center of
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January 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Always good to be back at @cecamevents.bsky.social in Lausanne! By the way, check out the new program at www.cecam.org/program
January 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Excited to share the new preprint on reconfigurable colloidal molecules, led by S. Ketzetzi, in collab. with H. Löwen and L. Isa. Congrats to Vivien (first article from her Master’s) & @lauraal.bsky.social for their contribution, and to all for the great work!

arxiv.org/abs/2501.00672
January 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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We are thrilled to be part of the #SigSynCell European DN

We will focus on the fabrication and manipulation of giant lipid vesicles with diverse architectures for motility, reconfiguration and signalling.
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More information in the link below👇
sigsyncell.crpp.cnrs.fr
January 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The SoftBio Colloids group has grown in the past months, and we want to share with you our science and curiosity!
Visit our website to learn more about us!
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Soft BioColloids research group website, based at the University of Bordeaux and the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CNRS, France). We focus on the design and assembly of bioinspired materials to fab...
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January 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM